#Kaleidoscope colors manual#

Mixing them with gray leads to subdued, toned versions that are not as pure. The brown and the tan show that you can do tones of any color… not just the main colors of the color wheel. The colors in the left column are pretty pure. You can make a color less important by graying it out. In EQ, you can use the Add Tones feature or Add Grades and mix your selected color with gray. Keep in mind there are many values possible for each color… not just the one listed above. Mixing them with black leads to darker, shaded versions, but still kind of pure. The brown and the tan show that you can do darker values of any color… not just the main colors of the color wheel. On a predominantly dark block, you can make a color less important by darkening it. On a predominantly light block, you can make a color more important by darkening it. In EQ, you can use the Add Shades and Tints feature or Add Grades and mix your selected color with black. Darker Values – Shades – Mixing with Black Mixing them with white leads to lighter, tinted versions, but still kind of pure. The brown and the tan show that you can do lighter values of any color… not just the main colors of the color wheel.

On a predominantly dark block, you can make a color more important by lightening it. On a predominantly light block, you can make a color less important by lightening it. In EQ, you can use the Add Shades and Tints feature or Add Grades and mix your selected color with white. Lighter Values – Tints – Mixing with White You’ll learn about tints, shades, and tones, and then the rules. Look at the next 4 sections before starting on the blocks. I went in to the Sketchbook and deleted the extra whites before adding grades of everything. Each time a color is added, there will be a white swatch at the end. If you’re adding more colors, click the next box to the right in Custom Colors… if you fill the first row, go down to the bottom-left white box. Click OK if you’re only adding one color. **When using this technique make sure you click the first empty white box in the top-left of Custom Colors before defining the RGB or HSL numbers, then click the Add to Custom Colors button.

#Kaleidoscope colors manual#

Then I repeated steps 10 and 11 for the colors I wanted in the palette: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green…įor more information on Add Color**, Add Shades & Tints, Add Tones and Add Grades search in the EQ7 User Manual (available in under Help in your EQ7.).

Add Grades with White, Black and the 5th Gray using the next new color.

Then added the next color to the palette.

Add Grades with White, Black, and the 5th Gray using this new color.

Then added the first color to the palette.

In the top-right drop-down, chose white.

Right-clicked Black and chose Add Grades.In the palette, clicked the Solids/Colors tab.On the Quilt Worktable, clicked the Paintbrush tool to see the palette.I used the “focus” trick by deleting the first one and then holding down the ENTER key. View Sketchbook button and deleted out all the fabrics and colors (except black and white).

You don’t need to follow these directions. If you want to know how I made the project…